Weekly Biotech News of The World
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent kind of arthritis and one of the major causes of decreased mobility and persistent pain, impacting over half of the world’s population aged 65 and up. The most common articulating joint disease in humans is osteoarthritis (OA). It has been noted that hand, […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore The ability to efficiently and dynamically modify the information contained in genomes would allow for tools to investigate cell biology and govern cell phenotypes effectively. Present DNA writing platforms that are recombineering-mediated DNA writing platforms in bacteria are only available for particular laboratory settings and are not available […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Why is the preservation of mammalian sperms needed? Preservation of mammalian sperm is crucial for treating infertility, for production of livestock, for maintaining the strains of genetically modified individuals, and for conserving genetic resources, including those of endangered species. Usually, cryopreservation of sperm is done in liquid nitrogen. Then, artificial insemination […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Animals are constantly required to make crucial behavioural choices to survive in the ever-changing environment. A significant amount of these decisions is binary. For instance, on discovering a food source, the organism can choose to pursue it or ignore it. However, environmental conditions and internal drives […]
Nimrit Palan, Mumbai University. What is Epigenetics? Epigenetics is the study of genes functions influenced by your behaviour and your surroundings. Epigenetics is the study of heritable phenotypic modifications that do not entail DNA sequence changes in biology. DNA Methylation: DNA methylation is a procedure in which methyl groups are added to the DNA molecule. […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury (MAKAUT, WB) HGSC or High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma is considered to be an aggressive type of ovarian cancer. Deleterious mutations present in the DNA repair gene RAD51C are drivers of defective homologous recombination in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma (HGSC). These are emerging biomarkers of PARP inhibitor sensitivity. A PARP inhibitor is targeted […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata A quick rising pattern has been seen in the frequency of breast cancer (BC) with more than 1 million cases diagnosed every year. As per the molecular properties of HER-2, estrogen receptor (ER), ki-67, and progesterone receptor (PR), BC can be further be divided into assorted subtypes, for example, HER-2 […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background A new analysis conducted by Brummer, J., et al., published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs claims that children of alcoholic parents are at an increased risk of a variety of negative experiences, including mental health issues, hospitalizations, and criminal conduct. According to the authors, there […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian One of the common neurogenerative disorders noticed in elderly populations is Parkinson’s disease that affects movement. Common symptoms are tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. Gene behind Parkinson’s disease: Dysfunction of the Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene on chromosome 12 has proven to be the cause of Parkinson’s disease. LRRK2 is […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow The human body encounters different types of pathogenic microbes and stressful events that can cause infection and convert normal cells into tumour cells. Our immune system has the ability to recognize and potentially eradicate such tumorous cells or any other cells working aberrantly. Mainly it’s the killer lymphocytes that […]
